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Photo via Bobo Touch’s Back to School videoThe makers of last November’s viral Subway Creeps video are back with a new comedic PSA, and this time it’s about heading back to school. We got a chance to chat with duo and Bay Ridge Native’s Mike Rizzo
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Coney’s Spook-a-Rama. Photo by Sarah AckermanAn influential but often unlabeled aspect of American culture is the dark ride, or ghost train, an amusement park ride that takes passengers on a moving tour of an indoor set (think It’s a Small World After All). 36-year-old Australian screen studies professor
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A black Dodge Charger connected with a September 2 homicide, last seen heading northbound on East 31 Street. Photo via NYPDHere’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last week, courtesy of the NYPD. * Police are seeking help from the
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326 Avenue U in its current state. Photo by Christopher Bride via PropertyShark The strip of Avenue U between McDonald Avenue and West Street is set to get its tallest building yet, according to applications filed [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=321196736&passdocnumber=01]
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Photo via “Go Robot”Back in July we spotted scantily clad members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers shooting the music video for “Go Robot,” a track off their new album, The Getaway [http://thegetaway.warnerbrosrecords.com/], which was released in June, according to the Brooklyn Reporter [http://brooklynreporter.com/
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Photo via e.ann.s [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUMkEzB0rrGRKm9BYJDdzW0BaGEqwm8IwBXfs0/?tagged=ivoted&hl=en] The election results are in for the primary elections which took place on Tuesday, September 13. All races in our immediate neighborhood involved Democratic candidates. Republicans in our area are running uncontested, so they
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(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed Tuesday that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.
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Photo courtesy of Facebook/Denver Broncos CollectiblesTim Tebow, the college football star, and NFL almost-was, was recently signed by the New York Mets, and he could start his baseball career at MCU Park with the Cyclones. Tebow became America’s sweetheart in 2007 when he played for the University of
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Photo via avigdorforjudge.com [http://avigdorforjudge.com/]The Daily News wrote a scathing editorial [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/judge-dread-article-1.2786150] yesterday about a southwest Brooklyn lawyer who is running for civil court today. Morton Avigdor was described as “morally vacant,” and backed by the “incorrigible Brooklyn Democratic machine.” Late
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Photo by Park Slope StoopPrimary elections are happening across New York State on Tuesday, September 13. Polls will be open from 6am to 9pm. Our coverage area includes several electoral districts. To get detailed information based on where you live, visit Voter’s Edge New York [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/
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Photo of Johnathan Hernandez courtesy of Imgrum.Candles and mementos were seen last night on the benches of Milestone Park on 18th Avenue. The makeshift memorial honors 18-year-old Johnathan Hernandez, who died on Saturday, August 27th, while swimming in the Delaware River, the Times Herald-Record first reported [http://www.recordonline.
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(Photo by Carly Miller / Ditmas Park Corner)If you live in southern Brooklyn, you probably saw many families strolling to prayers and parties this morning, dressed to the nines, observing Eid al-Adha (pronounced EED al-UHD-huh) — especially if you live near the Prospect Park Parade Grounds, where a beautiful, outdoor prayer